DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

克蘇魯

简克苏鲁 · 繁克蘇魯

Mandarin · pinyin Kè sū lǔ

Cthulhu, fictional cosmic entity created by writer H. P. Lovecraft

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

克: kè · gram; overcome; transliteration
蘇: Look up this written character
魯: Look up this written character
苏: sū · revive, resurrect; a species of thyme; transliteration of 'Soviet'
鲁: lǔ · foolish, stupid, rash; vulgar

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

4–1–3 · Ke4 su1 lu3

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

3character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

克蘇魯 · find source passages ↗ · 克苏鲁 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 1 sense

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

name

Cthulhu

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack